Irish Rainbows shawl

Doing a bit of retro blogging today, as I am trying to catch up on several Crochet projects that I did and then gifted for Christmas. Since I didn’t want to reveal the “gift” until after the person received them, it only makes sense.

Rainbow festival shawl

This is a rainbow festival shawl. It was completed just before Christmas, and I had the intention of giving it to someone as a Christmas gift. However, once it was done, I decided I wanted to keep it – because it is so pretty, and it makes me happy. (This is the first item I’ve ever made for myself!) I’ve worn it a few times now (different ways) and I get lots of compliments on it because of the bright cheerful nature of the shawl.

Rainbow festival shawl

It’s made out of 3 skeins of King Cole Shine Yarn in Meadow (about 9 Euros a skein), and it sparkles because in the yarn, there is a tiny tiny filament of silver thread spun in. The yarn itself is easy to work with, and it is self-stripeing. The pattern is from a diagram that I found online – and it was in German, and to me it looked like “rainbows”. So, combined with the yarn – I think it really does look bright, festival ish, and like a bunch of Irish rainbows.

My rainbow festival shawl in king cole shine meadow. Took 3 skeins and some patience but on dreary days it makes me so happy! #handmade #simplycrochet #crochet #rainbow #ireland #PhotoGrid #phoenixrosedesign #happy

As always, if you’re wanting a custom order, I’m happy to make one of these for you in any color you desire!

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Update: Care boxes for Serve the City

This is just a quick follow up post to the blog post on Valentine’s day – where I participated in the creation of over 200 Serve the City Care boxes for the less fortunate.

CarBoot - Serve the City Volunteering

All of our boxes delivered on Valentine’s Day. They went multiple places – which included a women’s refuge centre, drug rehabilitation centre, family support network and individual homes of elderly, disabled and disadvantaged people.

— One lady commented that it was the nicest gift she’d ever received!!

Now if that doesn’t make the universe a better place, I don’t know what does!

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Road Trip Scarf

Doing a bit of retro blogging today, as I am trying to catch up on several Crochet projects that I did and then gifted for Christmas. Since I didn’t want to reveal the “gift” until after the person received them, it only makes sense.

I crocheted a road trip scarf for my grandmother, back in September, as a Christmas gift. It’s made out of 2 Skeins of King Cole shine yarn, in the shade “blossom”. I think this is my new favorite yarn. Here’s how it turned out:

Completed Road Trip Scarf in King Cole Shine - Color- blossom. Loving how the colors self striped and the little bits of metallic spun in the yarn to give it sparkle. #phoenixrosedesign #crochet #creative #craft #creative #kingcole #shine #blossom #pink #

The pattern is free, from http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.ie/2014/06/road-trip-scarves-pattern.html and works up fast and quite easily. Note that because it was for my grandmother, I opted out of making the flowers and/or adding all the bits and bobs.

When I chatted with her after Christmas, she was surprised I had made it myself – and said it looked like something you’d buy out of an expensive boutique. 🙂 I suppose that’s the point!

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